Natalie Wood
Natalie Wood (born Natalia Nikolaevna Zakharenko; July 20, 1938 – November 29, 1981) was an American actress who began her career in film as a child actor and successfully transitioned to young adult roles. She was the recipient of four Golden Globes, and three Academy Award nominations.
| Full name at birth | Natalia Nikolaevna Zakharenko
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| Claim to fame | Rebel Without A Cause
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| Date of birth | 20 July 1938
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| Place of birth | San Francisco, California, USA
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| Date of death | 29 November 1981
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| Age | 43 (age at death)
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| Place of death | Pacific Ocean off Santa Catalina Island, California, USA
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| Cause of death | Probable drowning and other undetermined factors
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| Resting place | Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery
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| Occupation | Actress
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PERSONAL DETAILS
| Height | 5' (152 cm)
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| Weight | 95 lbs (43.1 kg)
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| Dress size | 2
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| Shoe size | 6
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| Pets | Morning Star (French Poodle)
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ADDITIONAL DETAILS
| Net worth | $2,500,000 USD
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![Natalie Wood - Pani domu Magazine Pictorial [Poland] (3 September 2012)](http://img3.bdbphotos.com/images/130x130/c/v/cvvzrtnpchnfcftv.jpg?skj2io4l)
![Natalie Wood - Zycie na goraco Magazine Pictorial [Poland] (19 July 2007)](http://img3.bdbphotos.com/images/130x130/u/m/umsn3tllsfrmlfnu.jpg?skj2io4l)
![Natalie Wood - Retro Magazine Pictorial [Poland] (May 2016)](http://img3.bdbphotos.com/images/130x130/l/m/lmaxawvs8wnl8lwa.jpg?skj2io4l)
![Natalie Wood - Closer Magazine Cover [United States] (6 December 2021)](http://img3.bdbphotos.com/images/130x130/d/h/dhf4ptymacglyc.jpg?skj2io4l)
- Started smoking at age 16.
- Once interviewed Arnold Schwarzenegger, before his career took off, for the magazine "Hollywood Reporter" in 1979 two years before her her death. The article was entitled "The Body meets the Face".
- Wood knew screenwriter Gavin Lambert as both were intimates of director Randy Suhr. In the early 1960s, he wrote a novel about a Hollywood child star in the 1930s, Inside Daisy Clover (1965). After reading the book, Wood telephoned Lambert and said, "I'd kill for that part." He assured her she was his first choice for the movie, for which he was writing the screenplay. She got the part and Ruth Gordon got her first Oscar nomination as an actress for portraying Daisy's mother.
- Though some people cite her mother as being French, her mother was Russian. The source of this misconception comes from the studio that Natalie worked at when she was young -- people noticed her mother's accent and when asked if she was French, Maria replied: "Oh yes", a white lie that would contribute to this confusion.
- Turned down the role of Judith Anderson in The Devil's Disciple (1959) because she didn't want to work with Kirk Douglas for "personal" reasons.
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